Good deeds are the highest notes in life's symphony.

A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.

A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts.

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born.

A determined seed cannot be hidden from the world, not even by dirt.

Calm skies don't make skillful eagles.

If you cry in the rain, only the sky will see your tears.

Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience.

Today's storms help you appreciate tomorrow’s sunshine.

Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more.

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.

I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.

I'd like to be a working actor. It sounds really trite, but there really are no small parts, only small actors. And so as long as I'm a working actor, I can improve.

What I thought as a young adult is you act like you have it together whether or not you do because that is what church people do. That is not what God has called us to do.

One of the greatest pleasures I get from my measly professional career is confusing people.

She smiled at him, with longing. 'Where do you live,' she asked, 'and how do I get there?

The victories of character are instant, and victories for all.

People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed.

God is the mother and father of the world. Our parents are the mother and father of this body.

Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.